Buckle



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BUCKLE.

Patented July 21, 1896.

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JAMES V. XVASI-IBURNE, CF VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 564,399, dated July21, 1896. Application led October 23, 15.395. Serial No. 566,623. (Nomodel.)

clasp or buckle which shall be adapted to the various uses to whichVclasps and buckles are applied, as, for example, in stocking-supporters,Suspenders, belts, garters, armlets, &c., which shall be simple andinexpensive to pro duce, shall consistof few parts, be easy to adjust,and be perfectly reliable in operation.

With these ends in view I have devised the 'simple and novel clasporbuckle, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specication, numbers being used to designatethe several parts.

Figure l is an elevation illustrating the use of .my novel clasp orbuckle as an adjusting and retaining device for the two ends of a belt,armlet, or garter. Fig. 2 is a section on the line x x in Fig. l. Figs.3 and 4 are elevations illustrating the use of my novel clasp or buckleas an adjusting and retaining device for the web of astocking-supporter; Fig. 5, a view of the frame detached, the mode ofinserting the cross-piece being indicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 6 isa view of the crosspiece detached.

My novel clasp or buckle consists of a frame A, which is ordinarilyblanked out from sheet metal yand provided with a rectangular opening l,and one or more cross-pieces B, which are provided at their ends withnotches 2, adapted to receive the ends of the frame, as clearlyindicated in Figs. l, 3, and 4.

3 denotes textile material, which may be an elastic or non-elastic web.

lVhen it is desired to use the clasp or buckle in connection with twoends of textile material, as, for example, in a belt, garter, or armlet,two cross-pieces may be used, as indicated in Figs. l and 2.

When used as a suspender-buckle or as anadjusting and retaining devicefor the web of a stocking-supporter, one cross-piece only need be used.l

The shape of the frame is of course wholly immaterial so far as myinvention is concerned.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a modification in the shape of the frame,which is shown as provided with a slot or eye 4, adapted to receive theclasp of a stocking-supporter.

If it is preferred to have but one of the textile ends adjustable, theother end may be permanently stitched or eyeleted to the frame. The webmay be secured in place just as firmly, however, and at the sametime beadjustable at both ends by the use of two crosspieces, as shown in Figs.1 and 2.

The cross-pieces are made of such length relatively to the opening thatwhen they are placed diagonally to the opening, as shown in dotted linesin -Fig. 5, the notch at one end of the cross-piece may be placed inengagement lwith the frame and the otler end of the crosspiece will thenjust pass into the opening at the corner diagonally opposite.A The notchin the end of the cross-piece last inserted will then receive thecorresponding end of the frame and the cross-piece will drop intoposition parallel to the sides of the frame. The cross-piece will nowremain securely in place until removed again by placing it diagonally tothe opening and disengaging first one end and then the other.

In use the web is passed through the opening, being held longitudinallythereto, then backward over a cross-piece and under the side of theframe. W'hen the web ispulled backward, the parts will assume theposition shown in the drawings, the cross-piece will tilt slightly, asshown in Fig. 2, and the web will be strained over the cross-piece andthe short ply of the web will be locked between the cross-piece and theside of the frame, as

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treinely effective in use. Furthermore, the construction described isonewhich may be produced at a very low cost.

One reason why my improved clasp or buckle may be produced at a very lowcost is that by making the notches in the ends of the gripping-barrectangular they are conformed in shape to the end walls of the aperturein the sheet-1netal frame, the said end walls being left rectangular orsquare in cross-section in forming the aperture in the frame. I do notlimit myself, however, to making the said notches rectangular or the endwalls of the aperture of the form described.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. A clasp or bucklecomprising a frame having an aperture for the reception of wcbloing, anda gripping-bar located in the said aperture and connected at its endswith the frame so as to tilt or rock on its longitudinal axis under thedraft on the webbing, for gripping and releasing same.

2. A clasp or buckle comprisingl a frame having' an aperture for thereception of webbing, and a gripping-bar located in the said apertureand adapted to slide in the plane of the said frame, and to tilt or rockon its longitudinal axis under the draft on the webbing for gripping andreleasing the same.

3. A clasp or buckle comprising a frame having an aperture for thereception of webbing, and a gripping-bar adapted to be introduced intothe said aperture and engaged with the end walls thereof, when presenteddiagonally thereto, and also adapted, when righted in the aperture so asto be parallel with the side walls thereof, to slide in the plane of theframe, and to tilt or rock on its longitudinal axis for gripping andreleasing the webbing.

4. In a clasp or buckle, the combination with a frame constructed withan aperture for the reception of webbing, of a gripping-bar located inthe said aperture and having itsv ends constructed with notchesreceiving the end walls of the aperture, and enough wider than the metalof the frame is thick to permit the said bar to freely slide in theplane of the frame and be tilted on its longitudinal axis in onedirection or the other according to the direction of the draft upon thewebbing and so as to release or grip the saine.

5. A clasp or buckle having a frame, and a gripping-bar mounted in thesaid frame in which its ends have rocking bearing to permit it to rockor tilt on its longitudinal axis in one direction or the other accordingto the direction of the draft upon the webbing, and so as to release orgrip the same, the webbing being gripped by being pinched between thebar' and a portion of the frame.

Iu testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES V. XVASHB'URNE.

lVitnesses:

A. M. Woos'rmz, S. V. RICHARDSON.

